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SPECIAL MESSAGE
FROM OUR CEO, CLYDE "KIP" HOFFMAN
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Last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) announced that the Senate will not be voting on the Graham-Cassidy health care bill. This action allows Medicaid Expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to continue in Pennsylvania, thus providing uninterrupted health care insurance for many of those served by the program.
However, the ACA is by no means a perfect solution. Therefore, we must continue to seek opportunities for bipartisan solutions to improve the health insurance market and ensure no one need go without meaningful, affordable healthcare, no matter where they live.
In moving forward, it is important that any changes to Medicaid expansion and the ACA be done carefully and in such a way that one’s care and coverage is not interrupted. Together, we can make a difference in the health and wellness of our family, friends and communities in which we live.
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PROJECT SEMICOLON
By: Anonymous - Community Counseling Center
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“Project Semicolon is an organization dedicated to the prevention of suicide. Our work is based on the foundation and belief that suicide is preventable and everyone has a role to play in preventing suicide. Through raising public awareness, educating communities, and equipping every person with the right tools, we know we can save lives.”
The semicolon has been a representation of strength and perseverance to me as long as I have associated myself with recovery. Think of it this way: a semicolon means that a sentence isn’t over, so you are the semicolon and the sentence is your life. Suicidal ideations and self-harm are two topics that I am familiar with. I feel as though a tattoo of a semicolon would be a better display of my struggling than the scars that have been left behind. If people ask about the tattoo rather than the scars, it avoids a triggering conversation and starts a healthy one about the reduction of stigma and prevention of suicide.
According to
projectsemicolon.com
, 85-98% of people diagnosed with depression do not die by suicide. So the prognosis is good! If we work on educating the community and canceling out the stigma, we can improve the numbers and save many lives!
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MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS WEEK:
Every First Week of October
By: Syeda Kiran Zahra Hussain (Consumer Health Digest)
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The mental illness awareness week takes place every first week of October in every year. A mental illness affects the psychological functioning of a person and their ability to perform effectively in their day to day life, and also affects their relation with others.
PURPOSE OF MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS WEEK
In the US, the health advocates and organizations come together to sponsor a number of events that seek to create public understanding of the various mental disorders such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and depression. It is estimated that about 26.2% of Americans suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in any given year. ...
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MY TURBO ADHD BRAIN...
Article obtained from Dr. Hallowell's Blog
By: Dr. Edward Hallowell
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October is ADHD Awareness Month
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I’d like to take this time to share how I feel about ADHD, encourage you to learn more about
ADHD
and share what you learn with others. ...
...Would you mind if I didn’t call ADHD ADHD in this piece? I really dislike the term. Please don’t tell the Thought Police that I have strayed from the DSM-IV. Just indulge this aging lover in his love and let him—me—call ADHD something else. How about Turbo?
I choose Turbo because having this condition is like having a turbo-charged brain.(I do not see Turbo as a disorder, but rather as a condition, or a trait; I know there are important reasons to consider it as a disorder—mainly having to do with getting accommodations, research funding, and insurance reimbursement—but for my little love letter here, let me refer to my love as a trait, okay?) ...
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AWARENESS + ACTION = SOCIAL CHANGE:
WHY RACIAL JUSTICE MATTERS IN THE PRVENTION EQUATION
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A commonly used parable in social justice fields tells of two people fishing downstream. Suddenly a person comes down the river struggling for life. The fishers pull her out. Then another comes and again must be rescued. This happens all afternoon, and the fishers are getting very tired from trying to help as many people as possible. Eventually they think: “We need to go upstream and find out why so many people are falling in the water in the first place!” When they go upstream, they find that the old wooden bridge had several planks missing, and when people tried to jump over the gap, they couldn’t make it and fell through into the river. In the end, the fishers worked with the community leaders to fix the bridge. ...
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CLIENT WELLNESS GOALS
By: Alexandra Nagel, MS - Community Counseling Center
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Lonzo is well known at CCC for his upbeat spirit, laugh and determination even though he faces physical obstacles daily. Due to unfortunate circumstances as an infant, Lonzo lost his arm but this has never stopped him from independence. In fact, with a positive outlook on the situation there’s not much Lonzo doesn’t feel he can’t do. Recently, he decided he wanted to start working on a wellness goal and make positive changes towards a healthier lifestyle. When possible, he lifts weights at our local gym and exercises at home. He has even set a goal of 50 push-ups daily at home! This is quite an accomplishment as well as motivating, and CCC is proud of Lonzo for the willpower and strength he is implementing daily.
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CAN KINDNESS OVERCOME BULLYING?
KINDNESS MATTERS
By: Susan Swearer, Professor with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Co-Director of the Bullying Research Network
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While being kind might sound easy, it is complex. If kindness was simple, then everyone would be kind and no one would experience meanness and bullying. Imagine a world where kindness is the norm. Is it possible to create homes, schools, and communities where kindness is the norm? The answer is, yes – but to make this imagined world a reality, we need to teach, model, and reward kindness.
Being kind means that you think about the needs and concerns of others. Kind people volunteer, help others, and think about bigger issues that affect their communities. Compassionate thinking and generous actions demonstrate kindness. ...
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THE GOSSIP EFFECT
By: C.K. - Community Counseling Center
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Gossip has been around since the beginning of man and women. However, a lot of people take gossip way too far in life, which can cause terrible events to unroll onto that person. Looking back, I myself was involved in several horrible rumors and lies. Now for me that did nothing to me, I shrugged them off, laughed, and cheered registering their petty lies useless. This is a mechanism that I have created over time. The same cannot be said about other individuals, the lies can emotionally harm someone especially if the rumor isn’t true. The Gossip Effect explains how and what the effect of gossiping can have on someone. ...
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Would you like to find out what the most popular game of the world may teach us in resolving those difficulties we have in our lives and work?
Soccer is played by more than 250 million people in more than 200 countries throughout the world. It’s a sport that fascinates all demographics. In All I Needed in Life I Learned from Soccer, author
Dr. Mehmet Fuat Ulus
shows there is much more to soccer, and he draws parallels between this popular global game and individuals within the line of his/her life and work experiences.
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NOMINATIONS ARE NEEDED and ANYONE can nominate an exceptional individual or family member!
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